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  • E15: Literature of the 1926 General Strike

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    As part of our work to mark the centenary of the UK's 1926 general strike, we sat down with with Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill, authors of the excellent Writing the 1926 General Strike: Literature, Culture, Politics to talk about some…

  • E14: Live from the Working Class Literature Festival

    August 20, 2025 · 60 min

    Following our double-episode on the Florence Working-Class Literature Festival back in February, our co-host Matt was invited to this year’s festival, recording this episode on-site at the ex-GKN factory in Florence. Featuring the various…

  • E13: Jack Hilton, Rochdale Caliban, part 2

    June 18, 2025 · 40 min

    Part 2 of our double episode on working-class author Jack Hilton, with Jack Chadwick whose literary detective work rescued Hilton from almost total obscurity. This part covers his novel Caliban Shrieks in more detail and how it compares to…

  • E12: Jack Hilton, Rochdale Caliban, part 1

    June 11, 2025 · 53 min

    Part 1 of our double episode about Jack Hilton, a working-class author, World War I veteran, unemployed movement organiser, and trade union activist from Rochdale, north-west England. For this episode, we spoke to Jack Chadwick whose…

  • E11: Florence Working-Class Literature Festival

    March 12, 2025 · 50 min

    Part 2 of our double-episode about the Working-Class Literature Festival held every year in Florence, at the former GKN car parts factory, which was taken over by the workers after they were made redundant in 2021. We're joined again by…

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  • E10: Florence Working-Class Literature Festival

    March 5, 2025 · 51 min

    First of a double-episode podcast about the Working-Class Literature Festival held every year in Florence, at the former GKN car parts factory, which was taken over by the workers after they were made redundant in 2021. In this episode…

  • E9: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 3

    October 24, 2024 · 36 min

    The final episode of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensively in China, meeting with…

  • E8: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 2

    October 17, 2024 · 35 min

    Part 2 of our three-part series about migrant worker poetry in China. We speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensively in China, meeting with and writing…

  • E7: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 1

    October 10, 2024 · 46 min

    First of the three-part series on migrant worker poetry in China. In these episodes, we speak to Maghiel van Crevel, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Leiden University. Maghiel has travelled extensively in China meeting with…

  • E6: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 2

    December 13, 2022 · 33 min

    Concluding part of our double-episode in conversation with author, DD Johnston, about his new novel, Disnaeland. In this part, Darren discusses the novel’s relationship to the Scots language, the apocalyptic prophecies of radical…

  • E5: DD Johnston's proletarian apocalypse, part 1

    December 6, 2022 · 48 min

    The first of a two-part episode, Working Class Literature speak to DD Johnston about his new novel, Disnaeland, about a working-class Scottish community's response to societal collapse. We also discuss his previous novels and his…

  • E4 Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales, part 2

    March 30, 2022 · 30 min

    Part 2 of our double-episode in which we talk to acclaimed author, poet and Professor of Children’s Literature, Michael Rosen, about his anthology, Workers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain, which…

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Podcast taking a look at working class and radical literature, fiction and culture. Sister pod to Working Class History. Become a Paid Subscriber here to access exclusive bonus episodes: https://anchor.fm/workingclassliterature/subscribe